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HON. R. W. HOLLENBEAK.
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee appointed to draft and present resolutions commemorative of the life, character and public service of the Hon. R. W. Hollenbeak, late a member of the House of Representatives in the Thirtieth and Thirty-first General Assemblies, beg leave to submit the following as their report:
R. W. Hollenbeak was born near Genoa, Illinois, June 14, 1851. He came to Iowa and settled in Adair county in 1876. With the exception of three years, he lived there continuously until the time of his death.
Mr. Hollenbeak served his state for two terms in the Legislature as a member of the Thirtieth and Thirty-first General Assemblies. He discharged the duties of his office with credit to himself and those whom he represented. He was also a delegate to the republican state convention in 1908.
Whereas, On February 27, 1911, Mr. Hollenbeak met a tragic death while enroute home from Casey, being struck by a westbound flyer and instantly killed, his life, character and service to the state were such as to entitle him to the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens, therfore be it
Resolved, That in his death the state and county in which he resided lost a worthy and upright citizen and an honest, conscientious and honorable man and we hereby extend to his bereaved wife and relatives our heartfelt sympathy in their sorrow, and be it further
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the Journal of the House of Representatives and that the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the wife of the decased.
GEO. W. VAN CAMP,
D. P. HOGAN,
H. K. DEWEY,
Committee.
Adopted.